Noon and Meem

Noon and Meem *- The doubled noon and meem: are each doubled noon and each doubled meem. Originally a doubled letter is made of two letters; the first is anon-vowelled and the second is a vowel. 1/Doubled Meem: The doubled meem was originally two meems, the first is a non-vowelled and the second is a vowel. The non-vowelled meem was assimilated in the vowel meem and so the two became one doubled letter (harf mushaddad). The rule of the doubled meem is: pronunciation with compulsory manifestation, i.e. distinctly holding the ghunnah [nasal twang] for two counts [nearly two seconds]. The doubled meem is called the doubled letter of ghunnah. The non-vowelled meem is the meem void of vowel and it occurs before all the letters of the alphabet except the three letters of lengthening (huruf al - madd), in order to prevent the meeting of two non- vowelled letters. 2/Doubled Noon: The doubled noon is originally two noons: the first is non-vowelled (noon) and the second is vowelled, the non-vowelled (saakinah) was assimilated into the vowelled noon, and both became one doubled letter. The rule of the doubled noon (noon mushaddadah) is pronunciation with Compulsory manifestation, i.e. distinctly holding the ghunnah [nasal twang] for two counts [nearly two seconds]. The doubled noon is called the doubled letter of ghunnah (harf ghunnah mushaddad).